Saturday, November 02, 2013

"Russell Brand-bashing and the left’s preferred powerlessness" (or why we are allowed to have identity politics):

"What is perhaps most remarkable though is the way that Brand was
immediately attacked by factions of the left, which decided that rather
than piggyback off of the sudden popular interest in revolutionary ideas
that Brand’s comments provided, they would rather denounce him as an
inauthentic revolutionary who fails to pay due attention to favored
leftist causes such as fighting patriarchy, LGBTQ liberation and
immigrant rights.
That’s right – the left is briefly given a window of opportunity in
which much of the country is openly discussing revolutionary ideas, and
instead of welcoming and leveraging that opportunity, the leftist
instinct is to attack the messenger and effectively shut the window by
bringing up divisive issues related to identity politics and the culture
wars."

Remember when the greatest American political scientist (by far), a man named Mel Gibson, explained it all for you? "F*****g Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." Now we have a dedicated attempt at world peace by the Iranians and Americans and the Jews can't help themselves: "Foxman: Perceived U.S. Weakness Endangering Israel, American Jews". See also: "Obama meets with ‘small coterie’ of Jewish leaders, after Kerry appears to criticize Netanyahu for ‘fear tactics’" and "Does America Still Have a Special Relationship with Israel and Saudi Arabia?"

"NSA Whistleblower: Government Failed to Stop Boston Bombing Because It Was Overwhelmed with Data from Mass Surveillance On Americans" This is true as far as it goes. The story of Total Information Awareness throughout history is that the info gatherers are overwhelmed by the sheer mass of data to analyze. Of course, the issue is different if the reason you didn't stop the 'terrorism' is because the perps were working for you.

"Russell Brand-bashing and the left’s preferred powerlessness" (or why we are allowed to have identity politics):

"What is perhaps most remarkable though is the way that Brand was
immediately attacked by factions of the left, which decided that rather
than piggyback off of the sudden popular interest in revolutionary ideas
that Brand’s comments provided, they would rather denounce him as an
inauthentic revolutionary who fails to pay due attention to favored
leftist causes such as fighting patriarchy, LGBTQ liberation and
immigrant rights.
That’s right – the left is briefly given a window of opportunity in
which much of the country is openly discussing revolutionary ideas, and
instead of welcoming and leveraging that opportunity, the leftist
instinct is to attack the messenger and effectively shut the window by
bringing up divisive issues related to identity politics and the culture
wars."

Remember when the greatest American political scientist (by far), a man named Mel Gibson, explained it all for you? "F*****g Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." Now we have a dedicated attempt at world peace by the Iranians and Americans and the Jews can't help themselves: "Foxman: Perceived U.S. Weakness Endangering Israel, American Jews". See also: "Obama meets with ‘small coterie’ of Jewish leaders, after Kerry appears to criticize Netanyahu for ‘fear tactics’" and "Does America Still Have a Special Relationship with Israel and Saudi Arabia?"

"NSA Whistleblower: Government Failed to Stop Boston Bombing Because It Was Overwhelmed with Data from Mass Surveillance On Americans" This is true as far as it goes. The story of Total Information Awareness throughout history is that the info gatherers are overwhelmed by the sheer mass of data to analyze. Of course, the issue is different if the reason you didn't stop the 'terrorism' is because the perps were working for you.